Some pictures I took recently

whyulittle

I was surprised how small they are. I always took them to be a bigish, plump bird from photos.

I thought I had killed my flashgun after getting the Dipper shots a few weeks back. I was standing on a stone in the river with the flash in my bag as I crouched down, not realising that the bottom of my bag was being submerged in the river. Luckily it dried out after a couple of days and started working again.

spookwoman

Bull finches out in force today saw 3 pairs


Great Tit

Rain on Clover


All the Cormorants were drying off on the far side of the river

Dr Silly Bollox MD

The babies are out and about, saw a great tit baby today.

Is that early?

whyulittle

Oh Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, they're an awful nuisance! I took this to be a WW but am open to correction.




Golden Plover at Lough Boora.




Pair of Curlew at Clara Bog.




And a pair of Newts there as well, even if the female is hiding her head.

spookwoman

Any idea what this may be. At Mahon Falls today

dodderangler

Lark or thrush maybe

spookwoman

Someone on birdwatch says meadow pipit someone else just said the same

whyulittle

Skylark/Meadow Pipit are very alike. Once you've seen both of them a few times in the field though, you can normally tell which is which, without really knowing why!

spookwoman

Nver seen skylark or pipit before.

Clearpreso

Bulloch Harbour seals

dodderangler

Was this taken just at the pier beside the boats at the rocks?

Clearpreso

Twas, they were actually inside the harbour here, they seemed to be taking shelter from the stormy seas/looking for food

dodderangler

Clearpreso wrote: »

Twas, they were actually inside the harbour here, they seemed to be taking shelter from the stormy seas/looking for food

I thought I recognised the big lad
It probably is the same lad that's always there but from time to time he'll follow us out when we going for mackerel
He's real lazy and instead just takes the fish off our hooks >:-(
Actually we were fishing last year and my mate was reeling in and he went to grab mackerel from the water and this lad jumped out and just missed my mates hand
Scary but the look on his face was priceless so we left before seal got too carrie away and attacked the boat
Problem is they are becoming completely fearless of humans out there
Actually the woman who runs the boats out there is missin two fingers after seal attacked her

Capercaille

whyulittle wrote: »

Oh Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, they're an awful nuisance! I took this to be a WW but am open to correction.



Golden Plover at Lough Boora.



Pair of Curlew at Clara Bog.



And a pair of Newts there as well, even if the female is hiding her head.

Hopefully the Curlew are a breeding pair. If they are notify Birdwatch Ireland. BWI are trying to locate all remaining breeding curlew so that the few that remain can be better protected.

V Bull

A few ordinary snaps from during the week...

Sandwich Terns on Bray Harbour beach..

Turnstone coming into breeding plumage.. @ Bray Harbour..

Juvenile Great Black-backed Gull (ringed & reported)..

Marsh Harrier....@ Wexford..

Willow Warbler in my garden..

spookwoman

Guillemot in winter plumage at kilmore quay

Mallard at weford wildfowl reserve

Godwit at the same place

Greenland White Fronted Geese

whyulittle

Grey Wagtail washing and drying.






And a Raft Spider, I think. At least what's left of it!

Mark Tapley

spookwoman

Firecrest today

Anyone able to id this one Think some type of bunting.

Bsal

It looks like a Reed Bunting.

whyulittle

It's funny looking though, it looks like a cross between a Reed Bunting and a Stonechat.

spookwoman

Reed bunting me thinks as well. Was a good bit along the wall at Annestown

V Bull

spookwoman wrote: »

Firecrest today

Anyone able to id this one Think some type of bunting.

Sorry guys, I have to go with a Goldcrest on the first photo as the bird is not showing any white eye-stripe or dark/black cheek patch, also the wing bars are wrong for the Firecrest, his crest is having a bad hair day with the wind making it show more.

The other bird is a stonechat coming into breeding plumage, note the thin bill compared to the bunting rather thicker bill..

My 2 cents worth, nice pics BTW..

spookwoman

Was trawling to id it the 1 bar on wing and the red head also made me think. When checking on line not all of them have the black eye bar
Went through the other pics and this one from the side not a bad hair day was chasing another bird around. Know there was also a wren on the scene

Bsal

V Bull wrote: »

The other bird is a stonechat coming into breeding plumage, note the thin bill compared to the bunting rather thicker bill..

My 2 cents worth, nice pics BTW..

Looking at some more pictures of a Stonechat, and V Bull is right it definetly is a Stonechat

Art Deko

deisegirl67

2 Wheatears at the backstrand Waterford on 6th April 2013

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slickmcvic

Found this bird earlier,can any1 tell me what it is?

spookwoman

Looks like a hen pheasant to me.

Kat1170

Hen pheasant, looks like it died playing knifey spooney :D